Machine for winding pirns or spools of yarns or threads



Aug. 13, 1935. N. WALTON ETAL 2,011,429

MACHINE FOR WINDING PIRNS OR SPOOLS OF YARNS OR THREADS F-i-led March 21, 1934 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 13, 1935. 2,011,429

MACHINE FOR WINDING PIRNS OR SPOOLS OF YARNS OR THREADS N. WALTON ET AL 4 Sheets-Sheet 2' Filed March 21, 1934 Aug. 13, 193.5. N. WALTON ET AL 4 She ets-Sheet 5 Filed March 21, 1934 Aug. 13, 1935. I I WALTON r AL 2,011,429

MACHINE FOR WINDING PIRNS -OR SPOOLS OF YARNS OR THREADS Filed March 21, 1934 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 I. I IIIINIIIIII Patented Aug. 13, 1935 t I I I v I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINEFOR WINDING PIRNS OR SPOOLS I OF YARNS OR THREADS Norman Walton, Pudsey, near Leeds, and John Davy, Haworth, near Keighley, England Application March 21, 1934, Serial No. 716,658 In Great Britain March 22, 1933 -8 Claims. (01. 242-27) This invention relates to machines for winding Fig. 6 is a plan of the devices shown by Figs. 4

yarns or threads upon paper or other tubes to and 5. v produce pirns or spools or to wind same to pro- In each of the Figures 4, 5 and 6 the cone is I 'duce cops without the use of tubes; and our prespartly shown in section and otherwise mutilated 5 ent invention consists in the construction and arin order to more clearly illustrate its construc- 5 rangement of spindle devices and their co-option. erating members whereby the winding actions Fig. '7 is a sectional elevation of the spindle of the yarns or threads, when being carried out to up Which the e is fi and the bearings produce the forms or shapes (that is of pirns, fo said Sp e, n Order to S W hew the Same spools or cops) as stated, are also employed as is enabled to transmit motion to the cam ac- 10 the means for controlling and operating the i Wh Operates e thread-guidin stravelling actions of the yarn to give shape as Fig. 8 is a side elevation illustrating the deto the nose, shoulder and body part of each cop, vices for pp yin drag r n i n to the thread pirn or spool as is or may be required, by which of y While being d.

5 means we are enabled to produce sameof a firm F 9 s a Sectional e d elevation h w n the and solid character. and at a greater speed than devices illustrated by 3. t heretofore; while the construction and arrange- 19 is a P Of the devices ow y i sment of the said devices also enable each wind- 3 d i ing spindle to be operated o as t b put ut of Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation of devices where- 20 action or into action independently of its neighy a fully Wound p brings b u a ppa 20 bouring spindles, either by the attendant or by of the rotary motions of the p le. indicating devices operated on the breakage or A indicates the end frames of the machine, failing of the yarn or by devices which arrest B a lengitlldinal binding rail b w Said tWO the motions of the winding operations when the n frames A and at the IOWeI p thereof (O desired len th of cup, mm r th l k h b of each being situated at the outer edges of the 25 produced. a said two end frames A), and C and D two sep- In the accompanying sheets of d i h h arate rails situated above the rail B on. each are illustrative of our invention, and to which Side Of e a e also.

I reference is made in the following description: Figs- 4 to 11 are drawn to an enlarged Scale Fig. 1 is a front elevation showing a number as Compared With the Other figures! 30 of spindles, one of which is provided with the To attain the Object of eul'inventieh e 00 1- devices operating in connection with it, while the Strllet and arrange each p d e 2 so that it others are not so fully shown, but form part of may be rotated up its a s 3 by the usual the drawings in order to illustrate the relative tape cord 4 Which passes around the driViIlg positions of the series of spindles on one side of drum the Said driving drum 5 being mm n 35 the machine, although only one of said spindles the w Series f iv n n r hin and its appurtenances is hereinafter described. to the p s 2 On e Side Of the endframes Fig. 2 is an end elevatio f th operatjng.de A, while the other reaches to the other spindle vices shown by Fig. 1 as e n looking from left on the other side of said end frames A, somewhat 40 to right of said figure, and the end frame and as is Shown by 3. 0 certain of other parts of the framework are The bearings for the Spindle 2 are of a pe omitted in order that the operating parts may Well known as b h spindles, and these b more readily d t d bearings extend vertically from the driving wheel I leigv 3 is an end elevation of the devices shown or m yzafihereon so that sleevezb may by Fig. 1 as seen from right to left of said figure. port, sald spmdlef 9 lower end by Same Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the cop tacting with antifr ction roller bearings 20 shown shaping member which is of conical shape and is by thevlgaltt bemg cut away m seem-m mounted on its Su Fig. 2. This arrangement of the spindle, WhlCh 1s pports heremafter 'descnbed well known is the ype which we preferably em a f a I J v t the bufldmg i the threads of yam on ploy for the sake of steadiness and firmness of e spindle cont act with same for the purpose support when in operation 1 0i iffiectlflg adJuStmfmt: The lower bearing members 3 of the spindles 2 5 1s a slde elevatlqn of h e own are fixed in the usual manner to the horizontal by Fig. 4 as seen from right to left of sald figarm 5 of a bell crank lever 5a. The verticalarm 1 111 5a of the bell crank lever is pivoted at 6a upon a I 55 bracket 6 fixed to the rail C of the machine, and this lever 5a is acted upon by a fiat spring -I,

which is fixed upon a bracket 8, so, as to always tend to force the lever 5a rearwardly.

Pivoted at 8a upon the lever arm 5a is a holding catch 8 which extends horizontally so that its notch 8?) may engage with the front edge of a slotted bracket 9 fixed upon a support 941. ex-

' tending from the upper edge of the rail B in order that the outer end on said catch 8 might abut against the front surface of a bell crank lever I pivoted at Illa so that said lever III may operate said catch 8 and therefore the lever. a which supports the spindle 2 as is hereinafter described.

Pivoted at IIJb on the lever. I0 isa vertically extending rod I which reaches so that its lower end may be pivoted at Ila to a pedal lever I2 that is pivoted at I2a to a bracket 12b by which the pivotal pin I 2a is supported, and said pin -I2a' acts as the fulcrum for the lever I 2 which reaches" ,from it, .in one case to one side of the machine and in the other case to the other side of the ma chine as shown by Fig. 3. V Y,

.The levers I2 are maintained in their normal horizontal positions by springs I3 which are fixed tothe same'bracket i 2b in each case, and by these levers I 2 being adjusted in their normal positions the rods II extending fromthemwill adjust the levers ill also in their normal positions where they do not press upon 'the'ends of the catches 8, but which will operate said catches as is hereinafter describe The yarns .or threads I! which are'to be wound upon thespindles 2 to form the cops I4 of the shapeor formation shown by Fig. 2 are supplied orwithdrawnfrom bobbins I5 which are mounted to revolve freely upon their pegsor fixed spindles I5a, supported by brackets I52) which are fixed on arod [6a supported by a bracket it that 'is-fixed'to the end frame A of themachine.

The bobbins shown by Figs. 1 and 3 are'of a shape having flanges at their outer ends,in which case the winding of the yarn or thread upon the barrel of thebobbin necessitates the ends of the barrels being of a somewhat conical shape in orderto facilitate the'withdrawal of said threads as'is well known,and although We have shown *thebobbins of this shape it is well known that we can withdraw the threads from larger formed bundles of threads mounted on spindles with their outer ends of :taper or conical formation,

somewhat of the character of those of the cops supporting enclosing members 28 and 2%, which members 29 andZGbform a kind of box or enclosing casing forthe parts hereinafter described.

The friction washer i8a isfixed upon the spin dle I9. but the friction washer I8 has a hollow hub formed upon-it to take over the spindle I9 so that the friction washer I8 may loosely slide for a space over said spindle. I9 in order that the arm 2Ia of a lever 2|, which is pivoted at 2Ib,

may press against said hub of the washer I8 to force it against the other washer IBa fixed upon the spindle I9. The end of the lever 2I extends horizontally so that it may be engaged with the arm of a weighted bell crank lever 22 from the other arm 22a of which a weight 22b is suspended; 7

while the lever 22 is pivoted at 22c upon a bracket fixed to the bearing 20. Thus the weight 221) will exercise its influence over the actions of the washer I8 in order to press more firmly upon the thread when such thread is requiredto, have its tensionincreased, or-lessfirmlybysubstituting a lighter weight in order to reduce "said pres sure as circumstances require. Instead of substituting a lighter weight fora heavier weight 222),

the arm 22am the lever may extend horizontally and have notches formed in it along which theordinary adjustable weight may be carried for the said purpose of increasing or decreasing the pressure on the yarn or thread.

During the actions of the machine the thread I I o is taken from the supply I5 and is'carried topass over the spindle I9 and between the friction discs I8 and Illa where it is pressed sufficiently to retardits action; so thatitiis given the desired ten sion' for theloperations. in the ordinary manner.

'From the discs I 8 and fll fia itrpasses over-athreadguide 23 which is fixed ontheibrack'et carried 25 this thread guide 23 it passes .undera-detector 24 upon the framework .of the ,machine, and from (hereinafterdescribed) sothat itmay extend forward through the 'hook of the oscillating thread carrier 25;. This thread carrier reaches from being fixed upon a shaft '25 .so that when oscillating thereon its outerihookedten'd willoarry the thread I'I' in asinuous pathyertically during the rotary motions of the spindle 2 to form the cop I4 as is hereinafter fully/explained. The peripheral surface of thesp'indlc 2 with the coils of yarn wound thereon rests agains'tthe pe'ripheral surfaceof arotary cone'ZI, andthisconeffl 'is arranged'upon its' spindle2lb to rotate freely upon bearings 21a, andby the assistance of antifriction bearings 21c Vthe rotary motionsof the spindle and the coils of yarn-or thread thereon are .suflicient to rotate the cone 21".by frictional contact with it, andthiscone'is arranged to operate as is hereinafter described. The spindle 2Tb forthe cone'2'I extends throughthe bearings '2 is to have a worm 28fixed upon it, and thisworrn meshes with the teeth of a pinion wheelformed in the spindleZS, sothat as theworm28 revolves by meshing with the teeth in the spindle '29, said spindle is rotated and "by'its rotations it carries with it the building car'nBO which is fixed'upon its 'outer end as shown byFigs. 4 to 7.

As-the cam'SEl revolves it operates the outer end the shaft 26 that takes through the bearing 21g as shown "by Figs. fl to 7 so that on the. opposite end of the shaft or spindle '26 the arm 25a of the -'reciprocating thread guide .2i5nis fixed. Conse- 'quently the rotary motions of thespindle '2 trans 'mitted through the cone 2! to the carn'3li, as is hereinbefore described, effects the rising falling movements-of the said thread guide 25.

" In "commencing the winding operations the cone 2? will have the Per phery of its lower edge 21d (see Fig.3) in contact'with adisc or washer 32 made of india rubber, leather or other iris tional material'and fixed upon the upper end-of the sleeve 2b supporting the spindle 2,sai'd sleeve having the whorl o-r driving :pulley I2a fixed at its lower end. Thus rotary motion is transmitted from thesleeve 2b, through the washeri32 to the cone 21. Ihis rotary motion of the 160116) 2-1 continues to be transmitted to it for relatively a v of an arm'3l whichis fixed upon'the outer of 1 considerable period .or until "the coils of yarn on the lower end of the spindle 2 and above the position thereon where the washer 32 is fixed have received sufficient of the coils of said yarn to form the heel of the cop which will therefore only be of the short taper formation shown by Fig. 2. This tapering formation is produced by reason of the relative diameter of the washer 32 to the largest diameter of the periphery of the cone commences to spread over the peripheral surface of the cone 2? from this lower edge 2%, thespced of said cone will increase, since its diameterwill gradually become less where it is incontact with the surface of the building of the cop.

During the building of the coils of yarn on the spindle to form the cop as described, the cone 2? will continue with its periphery in contact with said coils of yarn on the spindle and will gradually rise carrying with it all its bearings Zia as same slide over the'vertical guiding rods 33 and 33a, each of said bearings Z'ig having its respective guiding rod 33a extending from the rail C to the rail D as is shown by Fig. 1.

To assist the raising of the bearings 27g and the cone 2? with the other fittingsmounted upon said bearings Zlg to be easily efiected without too great pressure vertically upon the spindle 2 and its coils of yarn thereon, a cord or other flexible connection 34 has one end fixed to the bearings Z'ig from which it extends over guidingpulleys 34a and which are pivoted upon brackets are fixed upon the rail D in order that the other end of the cord 34 may have .a counterbalancing weight 34g fixed upon it.

As is hereinbeforestated, the rotary motions of the cone 2'! are derived by it from the-coils of yarn forming the cop I4 upon the spindle 2 contacting with it as said coils'of yarn and spindle 2 are being rotated, and during said rotary mo tions of the cone 2'! it transmits rotary motion through its cam to the thread guide 25, in this manner enabling said thread guide to carry the thread from encircling the shoulder of the cop to encircle the nose of said cop, and grad ually, as the diameters of the coils increase, so is the cone 2? caused to rise over its guiding bars 33, lita as is hereinbefore described. These rising actions are carried out until the desired length of cop has been produced, at which time the upper end of the sliding members 2 1g, which travel over the guiding rods 33, 33a, will be in contact with the arm 35 which spans one of said rods'and which is fixed upon a vertical connecting rod 35a, said rod being pivoted at its upper and lower ends 35b and 350 to a three-armed lever 36 and a simple arm 36a respectively, and the said lever 36 and the arm 35a are respectively pivoted at 35?) and 360 to the vertically sliding rod 3! in order that as the rod 35 moves vertically so will it operate the lever 36 as is hereinafter explained. a v

The lower end of the bar 3'! has a slot formed in it for the end of a lever 38 to pass through, as is shown in Fig. 1, portions in front of the first spindle in which are omitted from the drawings to show this lever 38 at the rear thereof, and said lever 38 is retained in its horizontal position shown by Fig. l by resting upon a projection extending laterally from the bracket 9 in order that the vertically sliding rod may normally occupy the position shown by Fig. 2 in which position it also retains the varied articles of devices which are connected to it also intheirnorrnal positions.

. Theraising of the arm 35 operates the lever- 36 assisted by the weight" 36d, so that a notch36f in saidarm will pass over and into the path of motionof a projectiondda on a disc 40 which is fixed upon a horizontal shaft 4i that extends lengthwise' the machine, in order that said projection may engage with the notch 36f and raise the bard! so that itwill lift the horizontal catch 8 out of engagement with the face of thebracket 9 and permit it to be moved rearwardly'as is hereinbefore described under other conditions. Up to now the actions of the fully produced cop have been-to movethe several parts so that by movingthe catch 8 out of engagement, the spindle 2 is brought into the position shown, by broken lines in Fig. 2 where its motion is arrested by reason of its driving band 4 being 'slaokened.

In order to bring about the arresting of the spindle when the detector 24 moves on the breakage or failing of the yarn or thread ll, the detector 2 1 has its arm pivoted at 2419 upon the vertically sliding rod 3?, while an adjustable weight 240, which may be regulated so as-to relieve the weight of the detector or increase the weight of the detector 24 upon the yarn or thread ll, is mounted on the extending end of the lever Eda, another arm 24d extends laterally from the arm 2 5a to take into a notch in the end of a lever 4-2 pivoted at @211 upon the vertical bar 3'! so that its notch 5212 may engage with a projection 63m from a disc 44 which is mounted upon a continuously oscillating shaft 45 extending -'tendant to repair the broken thread in manner well known. I

When the spindle 2 carries the cop Hi from its building position shown in full lines Fig. 2 to its inoperative position shown in broken lines of the same figure, the body 2b of the spindle 2 (which is of larger diameter) comes 'into contact with a fixed brake shoe 2m so that its rotary motion is more quickly arrested. 1 V p When the spindle 2 is withdrawn from contacting with the cone 2? which it operates into the position shown in broken lines where it ohgageswith the brake shoe 2x, the said cone 2! and all the parts carried by same during its verticalmovements are preventedfrom descending by reason of a flat spring 2w, which is fixed by the screw 2y to the base of the bearings 21a, having its free end of a bifurcated form so as to spanand press against the rod 33 as is shown by Fig. 1. This contacting of the spring'with said guiding rod has the effect of forcing all. the bearing 21a laterally, and therefore said bearing 21a is held from descending by its frictional contact with the guiding rods 33. On the other hand, on account of said spring 2wbeing. of a comparatively flexible light character, when the bearings upon which it is mounted are rising, their rising movements are freely permitted, since the spring derive their oscillatory motions from a crank pin which is fixed in the face of a wheel Ella rotated by gearing with the wheel 501). This wheel 50b is fixed to the arms of the pulley 5| so that the rotary motions transmitted to said pulley'by the driving belt 5la taking over a driving pulley v5Ib that is fixed upon the shaft 52a upon which the driving pulley 52 is fixed, will operate the crank pin 59 as desired, and these motions are derived from the main shaft-53 of the machine.

operating a belt 53awhich rotates the pulley 52.

The reciprocating motions of the crank pin 50 oscillate the lever 54 which. is fixed upon the shaft 4|, so that said shaft 4| may oscillatea lever arm 55, and this arm 55, by the rod 55a,-wi1l reciprocate an arm 55b that is fixed upon the shaft 45. Thusreciprocatory motion is given-to the two shafts 4i and 45 upon which the disc carrying aprojection 40a. and a disc .44 carrying a notch 43a are fixed. Motion is'securedfor said discs and their projections to raise the bar 31 in the manner and under the conditions, hereinbefore explained.

7 It may be observed that the shafts 4| and are mounted on one side of the end frame A to operate the devices in connectionwiththe spindles 2 on said side of the frame. Similar shafts on the opposite side of the frame, are employed for operating in the identical manner and for identical purposes, and the motions are transmitted to these oscillating shafts from'the oscillating shaft 1 4-l'by an arm 51 and itsconnecting rod 51a being coupled to a similar arm and similar shafts on the opposite side of the machine. In order to prevent the friction discs l8 and l8a being worn by remaining constantly in one position, so that the threads or yarns passing between them are rubbing in one position upon their'surfaces, we arrange said discs to be ro.

tat'ed by means ofthe. ratchet wheel l9a which is fixed upon thespindle 19 upon which the discs I8 and Mia are carried. This ratchet wheel I9a is, intermittently reciprocated by a pawl which extends horizontally to be pivotally connected to a disc 6| fixed upon the oscillating shaft 45 d so that as said oscillating shaft is oscillated under the conditions hereinbefore described, the reciprocating motions will give a step by step slowly moving action to the wheel I9a and'therefore to the discs mounted thereon, and by arranging the horizontal part of the pawl 60 to overhang a projection from onearm of a bell crank lever 62 which is pivoted at'62a, when said arm 62 of the lever is operated by the connecting rod 63 pivoted at 63a to the horizontal armu5 of the leverj5a, said arm 62 of the bell crank lever will raise the pawl 60 out of engagement with said wheel as is shown in broken lines Fig.2. Thus the'motions of the discs will be arrested simultaneously with the arrestingof the motions of the spindle and its dislodgment from its operating position to the position shown in broken lines Such being the nature 0 of the same figure. our said invention, what we claim is:-

1. In a machine for winding a thread or yarn to form a pirn, cop or the like, a rotary spindle, adjustable bearings for said spindle, devices for adjusting said bearings to enable the spindle to contact with a loosely revolving cone, said cone, a

spindle upon which the cone is fixed, slidable bearings for said spindle, devices carried by the cop-forming-spindle to rotate the cone, a rotary shaft mounted upon the bearings which support the cone, gearing for transmitting the rotary motion of the cone to the shaft mounted on its bearings, a cam fixed upon said cone driven shaft, lever devices operated by said cam to give oscillatory motion to a thread guiding member, bearings for said member fixed upon the sliding bearings whichcarrythe cone and guiding rods upon which said bearings slide.

2. In a machine for winding athread or yarn to form a pirn or cop, a rotary spindle, hinged bearings for said spindle, an engaging catch for ings for the cop spindle may move to arrest the motion of said spindle. s r

3. In a machine for winding a thread or yarn to form a cop or pirn, a rotary spindle, a driving cord or tape for rotating said. spindle, hinged bearings for said spindle, a disc of frictional ma- 7 terial fixed on said spindle'to contact with and rotate a cone at the commencement of the thread winding operations on the spindle, bearingsfor said cone, cam and thread guiding levers operated by the cone, sliding bearings for the cone and the guiding levers, guiding rodsfor said sliding bearings, a lever actuated catch member brought into action by the sliding'bearings on I the guiding rods, an oscillating disc having a projection'for engaging thesaid catch, connecting devices for enabling the catch to release the hinged spindle bearings, and a brake shoe for saidspindle to contact with when released.

.4. In a machine for winding a thread or yarn to form a pirn orcop, a rotary spindle, driving gear for said spindle, bearings for supporting said spindle, means whereby the rotary spindle transmits its motion to a loosely mounted cone,

devices. actuated by the rotary cone, aguide for conducting the thread on to. the spindle to form the cop, an engaging catch, and means whereby on the breakage orfailing of the thread said catch is brought into action to releasethe bearings which support the cop forming'spindle.

5. In a machine for winding a thread or yarn to form a pirn or cop,-a rotary spindle, driving gear for rotating said spindle, bearings for said spindle, a rotary cone for the cop formed on the spindle to contact with a thread guide for conducting the thread on to the spindle, means whereby the rotary motions of the cone effect the operating of the thread guide, adjustable friction discs'forapplying drag to the thread before it reaches its guiding member, and supports for said discspwhichpermit their drag applying actions to be regulated.

6. In a machine for winding a thread or yarn to form a pirn or cop, a rotary spindle, driving gearfor rotating said spindle, bearings for said spindle, a rotary cone for the cop formed on the spindle to contact with, .a thread guide for conducting the thread on to the spindle, means whereby the rotary motions of the cone efiect the operating of the thread guide, adjustable friction discs for applying drag to the thread as it travels to its oscillating guide, means for intermittently rotating the discs to prevent uneven wear of their surfaces, and means. whereby said rotation of the discs is arrested on thebreakage or failing of the yarn or thread.

7. In a machine for winding aflthreador yarn to forma pirn or cop, a rotary spindle, driving gear for said spindle, bearings for supporting said spindle, means whereby the rotary spindle transmits its motion to a loosely mounted cone, devices actuated by the rotary cone, a guide for conducting the thread on to the spindle to form the cop, a catch, means whereby on the breakage or failing of the thread said catch is brought into action to release the bearings which support the cop forming spindle so that its rotary motions are arrested, a manually operated pedal lever, and devices operated thereby for re adjusting the spindle and its supporting parts in position after the operator repairs the thread.

8. In a machine for winding a thread or yarn to form a pirn or cop, a rotary spindle, driving gear for said spindle, bearings for supporting devices actuated by the'ro'tary" cone, a guide for conducting the thread on to the spindle to form the cop, a catch, an oscillating member, means whereby on the breakage or failing of the thread said catch is brought into the path of said oscillating member, a shaft on which said oscillating member is mounted, and crank mechanisms operating lever devices for efiecting the said oscillations of the shaft.

NORMAN WALTON.

JOHN DAVY. 

